July 2, 2015 - TF2 Team

July 1, 2015 - TF2 Team

What's the point of having a cool gun if everyone else has one too? You know who has guns that are all alike? The army. And the army isn't fun at all. They barely trade and paint their weapons, they hardly ever give each other presents when one of them does a really good job, and their weapons don't even have kill-counters or sparkle effects. It's almost a job.

Introducing the Gun Mettle Campaign, new to TF2 and releasing tomorrow, which succeeds in every area where the army fails: Rare guns! Mystery boxes! Skill-based prizes! Buying a $5.99 Campaign Pass lets you test your TF mettle against a series of weekly challenges, and gives you the chance to earn one-of-a-kind weapons to keep or trade with your friends. A portion of the sales from Campaign Passes will go towards our hardworking TF2 community mapmakers. Find out more about the new campaign here, and don't forget to read the comic!

Now, say you're the sort of person who's thinking, "You know what's more exciting to me than the Gun Mettle Campaign? Having six dollars." Don't worry, frugal guy, we've got you covered too! A new Valve map! Three new community maps! Taunts! A new way to equip new weapons in-game for free! Loads of class and weapon changes! Check out the details here. You guys, this is a big update. And it lands tomorrow, so check back.

June 2, 2015 - TF2 Team

Are you great at making fun, addictive TF2 maps? Do you have no idea how to make a map, but you like playing on them? Are you only vaguely aware of what maps are and prefer to just walk in a single direction until you find what you're looking for? Introducing the Maps Workshop Beta, a place for all three of you to upload, enjoy or just learn about the existence of maps!

The Maps Workshop Beta is an in-development one-stop hub where mapmakers can instantly upload and get feedback on their maps. Simply head over to the in-game Workshop tool and click on the new Maps button. If you're just in the market to play new maps, you can now browse the Maps Workshop and up-vote and subscribe to maps you like—or just connect to a server running a Workshop map and it will download automatically from the Workshop.

And remember, this is a Beta that we'll be working to improve. The TF2 team is incredibly appreciative of your feedback.

March 12, 2015 - TF2 Team

Hey, what's up, everybody? We're adding taunts to the TF2 Workshop!

What are taunts? They're character-specific animations you can trigger in-game to either announce that you've just shot someone or would like to be shot yourself. And now you can make your own! We've been blown away by the quality of item submissions in the Workshop so far, and this feels like the next logical step to letting creative folks in the community help make the game even better. If you're a talented animator, there's now a whole new way to contribute content. And if you're not an animator, you can still look forward to getting a lot more ways to express yourself on the battlefield in 2015.

Now, as we all know, almost everybody in the TF2 community is made up of Bruce Wayne-like philanthropist billionaires, so most of you can tune out for this paragraph. This next part is aimed specifically at the very slim margin of you who don't already have enough money and would like more. That's right! The TF2 team will be regularly selecting top-rated taunts in the Workshop to be sold in the Mann Co. Store.

Be sure to check out the Workshop Taunt FAQ for more information on how to create and upload taunts.

One last thing: To help celebrate the Taunt Workshop launch, we're happy to release three all-new community-made taunts, The Boston Breakdance, Most Wanted and The Killer Solo, now available at the Mann Co. Store!

December 22, 2014 - TF2 Team

Smissmas is almost upon us, and everybody here on the TF2 team's been busy getting gifts ready and standing as a group under the Valve mistletoe. The smooch count's currently at zero, but we're in this for the long haul. That's right, we'll stand here all damn week if there's some make-outs in it for us. Just try and get past us, DOTA2 team. You too, CS:GO.

While we're all standing around waiting for the smooch maelstrom, dear reader, why not take a look under the Smissmas tree?

We've also made a change to MvM loot drops. Specifically, in addition to the usual Botkiller drops, there's now a chance to get Australium weapons (including the incredibly rare Golden Frying Pan) to all advanced and expert MvM tours. The tours affected by this loot drop change are Steel Trap, Mecha Engine and Gear Grinder.

And that's it! Merry Smissmas, everyone! See you next y—

Wait. there's something else under the tree! Way in the back, by that power outlet overflowing with plugs! Is it...? Sweet Smissmas, it is! By popular demand...

New Weapons!

All Players who play TF2 during the event will receive a Gift: a Stuffed Stocking! Stockings contain goodies for good little Mercenaries.

Added 29 Limited community-contributed winter items to the Nice crate

Added new Limited Festive weapons to the Naughty crate

Limited time items can only be found during a limited window of time. The Naughty and Nice crate items will no longer be available after February 16th, 2015

Added Naughty and Nice winter keys to the Mann Co. Store.

Naughty and Nice winter crates cannot be opened after February 16th, 2015.

Premium Players will receive a Secret Saxton to give to another player

Item grants from previous events (including the Spirit of Giving and the Winter Holiday noise maker) have been re-enabled for all players, including those who deleted their earlier grants

Added The Iron Bomber

Demoman Grenade Launcher

Grenades do not bounce or roll

Damage radius reduced by 20%

Grenades that self-detonate deal 10% less damage

Added The Iron Bomber to the Store, Craft list and item drop list

Added The Quickiebomb Launcher

Demoman Stickybomb Launcher

Stickybomb arm time reduced by 0.2 seconds

Stickybombs can destroy enemy stickybombs

Charge time decreased by 50%

Stickybombs fizzle after 2 seconds

-15% damage penalty

-25% clip size

Added The Quickiebomb Launcher to the Store, Craft list and item drop list

Added The Panic Attack

Multiclass Shotgun

34% Faster reload time

Hold fire to load up to 4 shells

Fire rate increases as health decreases

Weapon spread increases as health decreases

Added The Panic Attack to the Store, Craft list and item drop list

Demoman Changes

Damage variance on grenades and stickybombs reduced from +/-10% damage to +/-2%.

Grenades and Stickybombs now have the same base blast radius as rockets. Changed from 159Hu to 146Hu.

Grenade Launcher

Direct hit grenades now deal full damage to target regardless of where it struck the enemy. Previously full damage would only occur when grenades exploded closer to the target's feet.

Stickybomb Launcher

Stickybombs that detonate in the air now have a radius ramp up, starting at 85% at base arm time (0.8s) going back to 100% over 2 seconds. Stickybombs that touch the world will have full radius.

Stickybombs now have a more visible trail while traveling through the air

Scotsman's Skullcutter

Claidheamh Mor

The Following is a list of features in the initial launch of Mannpower and is subject to changes in future updates. (Feedback is highly encouraged.)

Contains 8 permanent powerups players can find in the map

Players can only hold 1 permanent powerup at a time

Killing a player with a permanent powerup forces the powerup to drop

Contains 1 temporary powerup that can be found in the map

use the 'dropitem' command to drop the currently held permanent powerup

Added new Default Stock Action Item Grappling Hook. Grappling hooks are usable in Mannpower mode and servers that enable it. Once equipped, press and hold the action key to use it. Use to move the player toward the hooked object.

Mannpower Beta plays a modified version of Capture the Flag that requires your team's flag to be at base in order to capture the enemy flag

Touching your flag will instantly return it to base

Currently supported on maps ctf_foundry and ctf_gorge

Instant respawns enabled

Random critical attacks disabled

Players spawn with 6 seconds of invulnerability

MvM : Added chance to find Australium weapon rewards to all Advanced and Expert Mann vs. Machine tours. Previously only available on the Two Cities tour.